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ABC Behind The News

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The BTN Audio Update is high-energy news for kids! It’s a quick wrap of the big, breaking, and just plain weird stories of the day told in simple, fun language. It’s brought to you by the team at ABC’s Behind The News. The updates are released every weekday at 2pm AEST.

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All Episodes

00:03:32

Handle with Care

ABC Behind The News ·

2019/01/08

A near miss for a helicopter pilot, the science behind why we're encountering all those pesky stingers, a deadly assignment from the Australian Reptile Park, and we find out how many of you have read Andy Griffiths this year. A lot, apparently.

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00:03:00

The Age-Old Question

ABC Behind The News ·

2019/01/07

Bluebottles have been causing big problems in Queensland, we find out why you'll need great school marks if you want to be a teacher, the oldest person ever may not be quite as old as we think, and raccoon therapy is apparently a thing in Russia.

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00:03:30

All Wrapped Up

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/12/21

Chaos at a UK airport, enormous hailstones rock Sydney, council workers make a surprising seahorse discovery, and we get the best tips and tricks for wrapping presents.

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00:03:33

No Worries

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/12/20

Why pets and babies might be a very healthy mix, people are calling for Disney to drop its "Hakuna Matata" trademark, we find out the richest celebrities of 2018, and NBA star Lebron James gives some heartwarming advice.

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00:03:40

Do The Carlton

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/12/19

Fortnite's owners are being sued over dance moves, hot weather's proved to be bad news for bats, why 90.5 could be the most important number of the year, and a three year old does the American national anthem justice.

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00:03:37

How Many Stamps to Post a Cat

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/12/18

A disappointing holiday experience with a mostly satisfying ending, the story of the Wright brothers, scientists discover a new dwarf planet with a far out name, and a cat ends up in the post.

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00:04:20

Rocco The Pesky Parrot

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/12/17

Fans of YouTube Star PewDiePie have gone to some pretty extreme lengths to bring in new fans, Wild weather hits parts of Australia's east coast, A 4400 year old tomb discovered in Egypt, What did kids want for Christmas 100 years ago, And a parrot in the UK helps his owner with their Christmas shopping.

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00:03:59

Our Unsung Underwater Hero

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/12/14

The hidden underwater worlds our carbon is sinking into, we get one step closer to vacationing in outer space, the most Googled stuff of the year, and an audio mash-up showing a weird similarity between two top-notch tunes.

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00:04:19

Big Bug Business

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/12/13

The NSW Government announces that mobile phones will banned in all primary schools from next year, A billion cockroaches used to fight food waste in China, A potentially fake light saber goes up for auction for thousands of dollars, And we reveal the fastest moving animal in the world.

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00:04:01

Love Letters To Trees

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/12/12

Australia's Space Agency headquarters are unveiled in Adelaide, Kids making solar lights to help people who don't have access to electricity, Melbourne trees get sent thousands of love letters, And A women reunited with her wedding ring that she lost 9 years ago.

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00:04:21

Eels Stuck In Seals

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/12/11

You can lead a space robot to water, but you'd have a hard time making it drink... Osiris Rex is already making some epic discoveries! Also today, we're talking about Tassie paving the way for new paving, Santa landing himself on the wrong side of the law, and the horror that is an animal with another animal stuck up its nose.

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00:04:05

835 Tubas

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/12/10

We check out why there have been protests in France, Antarctica is hiring 150 people for some cool jobs, 16 year old Luke tells us why bees are important, And the Kansas City Symphony break a world record.

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00:03:47

Vending Machine Bacon

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/12/07

WA is experiencing some extreme heat waves that could reach SA and Victoria, A new dinosaur discovered in Australia, The ISS gets into the Christmas spirit, And a vending machine for Bacon

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00:04:25

Make A Wish

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/12/06

The low-down on Brexit ahead of a big vote next week, whether we should put a tax on sugar to curb obesity, the American kid who took it on himself to change an outdated law about snowball fights, and a sick kid whose cricket wish came true.

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00:04:49

Sleep In Before School

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/12/05

Changes to some of our privacy laws on the horizon, we chat to a young altruistic Aussie on International Volunteer Day, the winners of this year's PM Literary Prizes, and an interesting idea being floated that could see kids starting school earlier, or much later, than usual!

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00:05:10

Too Much Shoulder

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/12/04

We check out the YouTube rich-list for 2018, what you reckon about an ABC journo being booted from parliament for failing to meet the dress code, the big names and important goings-on at COP24, and the moment 35 thousand teddy bears decided to go for a joy flight over an ice hockey game.

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00:05:09

Butterfingers And The Bride-To-Be

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/12/03

We chat to triple j newsreader Nas Campanella on International Day of People With Disability, making progress in our war against single-use plastics (as well as an area where there's definitely room for improvement), a thrill-seeking mum aiming for the Grand Slam Seven-Seven, and the clumsy boyfriend who dropped something he definitely shouldn't have dropped when his nerves got the better of him.

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00:02:43

Horseback Shrimp Fishing

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/11/30

The message Aussie kids are sending to our leaders about climate change, a list of weird and wacky things being added to our "cultural" heritage list, and the very unlikely basketball team over in the US.

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00:03:26

Turn Up The Music

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/11/29

Queenslanders leave their homes as fires burn across the state, we check out some of our best Aussie artists who cleaned up at this year's ARIAs, why schoolkids in SA got half a day off today, and the brothers who sprang into action when most of us would've just freaked.

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00:03:30

What Goes In Must Come Out

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/11/28

Mother nature saturates Sydney and sparks some serious chaos, bad news about that promise Australia made to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, we find out what's worrying young Aussies these days, and a bunch of brave researchers who took on one of life's big unanswered questions...

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